Advanced user guides and how tos

The following resources provide troubleshooting tips, how tos and in-depth documentation on using the LINZ Data Service and data from the service. If you're new to LDS, the Getting Started guide is for you.

Web services

Web service basics

• Creating a web service key
• Using web service endpoint URLs
• Using LDS web services with ArcGIS, Quantum GIS, MapInfo and Geomedia (pdf 1.4MB) - updated May 2013

Web service troubleshooting

• Versions and version support
• Coordinate system transformations
• Axis ordering
• Timeouts

Changeset service

• How to use the changeset service
• Using LDS changesets with FME

Using LDS data

• Building relationships for Esri File Geodatabase
• Importing LDS data in CSV format into PostgreSQL/PostGIS and Microsoft SQL Server 2008 databases (pdf 0.7MB) - updated December 2012